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Florida finally pardons four black men wrongly accused of raping a white teen in 1949
At the height of the Jim Crow era, many black people found themselves at the wrong side of the law even when they did nothing wrong. This was the case of four black men who were falsely accused of raping...
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Drop case against Sudan’s president on one condition – African billionaire tells ICC
The trials and tribulations of Sudan’s president, Omar Al Bashir, are still ongoing as more citizens take to the streets to protest his rule and demand his resignation. The protests, his reaction...
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How this black woman from Ohio influenced the formation of NAACP
The National Association of Advancement for Colored People (NAACP) has, over the years, been at the forefront of the fight to make people of colour enjoy equal rights and opportunities as they navigate...
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5 things Guinea’s first president, Sekou Toure, will be remembered for
One of the main things Sekou Toure, the first president of Guinea, will be remembered for is his commitment to the Pan-African dream. Toure, who was born today in 1922 in Faranah, had an interesting...
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Kenya is the latest African country to introduce Chinese as a subject in schools
Just weeks after Uganda said that it will introduce Chinese in secondary schools, Kenya has announced that it will start teaching the subject in 2020. According to Julius Jwan, the CEO Kenya Institute...
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The almost-forgotten fort that was once the centre of Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1893
Before it became a Boko Haram target zone, Dikwa, a town in Borno, Nigeria was the headquarters of the Kanem-Bornu Empire under Rabih az-Zubayr, also known as Rabih Fadl Allah. Rabih, a military officer...
